Special Containment Procedures: All elements of SCP-3149 are currently uncontainable. Permanent containment procedures are currently in development; see Update 12/07/2017. As a result, the current containment procedures are as-is and are subject to change when a permanent containment protocol is adopted. An example of previous attempts to remove SCP-3149-2 can be seen in Incident-3149.

Mobile phones found at the scenes of suicides within the city of Brighton and Hove are to be identified, examined, and taken into containment for investigation, with the cover story of a police investigation. These affected phones are stored in a Euclid Class locker and are to be used for testing purposes only. Access to SCP-3149-1 is restricted to D-Class personnel under monitored testing conditions. See Test Log-3149 for further information.

Description: SCP-3149-1 is an app for Android and iOS that is intended to be used by those with suicidal ideation or people concerned about others who may be suicidal. At the present time, the app has been downloaded over ten thousand times. Users of SCP-3149-1 have shown to be difficult, though not impossible, to identify due to sheer numbers. [SCP-3149-1 has been found to have been downloaded by approximately 65% of suicide victims between the age of 16 and 25 living within the city of Brighton, and an unknown number of attempted suicides. These suicides caused concern that the app was ineffective and even dangerous.]

SCP-3149-2 is graffiti developed by the ██████████ initiative.1. SCP-3149-2 is located on Bond Street, Brighton, England. It depicts an androgynous figure (designated SCP-3149-3) with a notable smile on their face, who has shaven hair on one side, and long hair on the other. It is seen holding a no brand mobile phone with a QR code which leads to the app designated SCP-3149-1.

Efforts to remove SCP-3149-2 have met with failure. Whilst SCP-3149-2 does not resist being painted over, attempts to do meet with disruption from bystanders [see Incident-3149] who destroy property that is designed to remove or cover SCP-3149-2.

SCP-3149-2 has a secondary effect of viewers of the graffiti noting that it has a "Mona Lisa" smile. This has been mentioned during interviews with users of the app and those noted after Foundation involvement such as Incident-3149. During the interviews, the phrase '"Did you see the woman smile?"'2 often comes up, regardless of the Agent personally viewing the graffiti or not. The reply to this does not matter, as after this the subject holds a normal conversation.

Incident-3149: After previous efforts, another attempt to paint over the work was interrupted by angry local youth, who appeared en masse from the nearby North Laine. Paint brushes were stolen or taken by force, while the paint was discarded in nearby drain gates. Once it was clear the Agents could not paint over the work due to a lack of tools, the crowd withdrew from the area and casual conversation was overheard with no indications of anger or unusual activity. However, during the incident, the phrase "Did you see the woman smile?" was repeated several times, amongst general cries about defacing 'beautiful' graffiti.

SCP-3149-1 and SCP-3149-2 have been monitored for a year. Within that time, suicide rates have been as expected. This raises the question of the anomalous properties of the app in particular, and this, alongside the test results, have lead researchers to believe the app itself is not causing suicides. Instead, it is a normal correlation between suicidal people and those downloading the app in an attempt to seek help.

SCP-3149-1 is still believed to have anomalous properties, with extended use showing that the app provides incidental negative assistance that these people within deep depression would find hard to do, such as visiting friends or going out for a walk on a sunny day. This suggests that the app uses the knowledge input by the user in order to hand out tasks that it knows that said user will struggle to achieve.

"It seems for some persons the app performs as expected, offering help that is suitable for their level of crisis – for people using the app to help a suicidal person, it works as expected with no suggestions that is unsuitable for the affected individual. It is currently believed that the people who commit suicide after using this app would have committed suicide with or without access to the object, though the anomalous properties of SCP-3149-1 possibly 'persuaded' them to attempt suicide prematurely." - Doctor Fagan, Head Researcher.

Update 12/07/2017- SCP-3149-2 is undergoing endeavours to be covered under a Foundation front (Simpsons & Petersons Construction) providing construction and scaffolding work in order to hide the work under planks of wood. This work has taken place at night, in order to reduce the chance of an problem, such as Incident-3149, reoccurring. So far, this has been successful, with Incident-3149 seeming to be an abnormal situation.

A few days after SCP-3149-2 was successfully covered, there were reports of mobile phones in containment spontaneously vibrating twice before turning on, with SCP-3149-1 automatically loading. Automatically, urgent testing was undertaken with D-Class personnel (who had not used SCP-3149-1 previously) as it was unknown what this change of behaviour could mean.

Test Subject: Male subject with no known history of mental health problems.

Procedure: D-5562 was one of a few D-Class who were asked to check on SCP-3149-1 present on affected mobile phones. It needed to be known if SCP-3149-1 had changed since successful removal of SCP-3149-2, and what consequences this could have. D-5562 was exposed to a contaminated phone for an hour a day, for seven days, and encouraged to be involved with every single task and reading section on SCP-3149-1. D-5562 would then be monitored for a further seven days with no exposure toe SCP-3149-2.

D-5562 was given a journal to record any unusual experiences, as previous tests - see D-4638 and D-2912 - have shown that the information shown to the subject is different to that seen by the Researcher.

Outcomes: D-5562 stated he confused as to how anyone would find this useful, as it seemed from his journal that minimal areas were showing up for him. Those that appeared were generic profiling, alongside generalised mental health information that focused more on prevention as opposed to attempts to help previously seen from SCP-3149-1.

Test Subject: Female subject with a known history of depression but no previous suicide attempts.

Procedure: D-4638 was exposed to SCP-3149-1 from a contaminated phone for an hour a day, for seven days, then closely monitored for a further seven days with no exposure to the app. D-4638 was encouraged to fill in selected sections such as 'I will calm myself by…' and 'I will go to my safe place:' D-4638 was given a journal to record any unusual experiences, but had not used it by the conclusion of the test.

Outcomes: D-4638 reported a rise in her feelings of depression as she noted that containment meant she couldn't go to a 'safe place', nor do what she wanted to calm herself. However, she indicated she was not suicidal and after being closely monitored for the next week, she showed no suicidal tendencies, and reported that her depression levels were effectively back to how they had been previous to the test.

Conclusion: D-4638 reported that, towards the end of the testing, the app began to stray from the profile she had set up, and suggested things she could not to due to confinement. The phrase '"Smile at your daughter"' proved particularly distressing. D-4638 insisted this didn't affect her mental health, but did leave her confused and a little disappointed that the app was unable to help her anymore, when she initially found it helpful.

Test Subject: Male subject with a history of Borderline Personality Disorder with repeated suicide attempts prior to arrest. Mental health problems persist but close monitoring has prevented serious self harm.

Procedure: D-2912 was exposed to SCP-3149-1 from a contaminated phone for two hours a day split into two separate hours, for a month. Unlike the previous test, D-2912 was encouraged to use all the features, from 'My Safety Plan' to reading the advice on 'Self Help Ideas'.

Outcomes: D-2912 initially just reported boredom from having to repetitively read the same articles frequently, but eventually broke down and admitted that his mood swings were getting worse, particularly as the phone had been adjusted so outside calls could not be made, cutting D-2912 off from the counselling section. He insisted that being confined as a D-Class did not affect his mood, despite being prevented from experiencing certain helpful areas of the app. It was not until the testing period was over and D-2912 went into suicide watch, he instantly became a chronic, frequent self-harmer, using anything he could get to in order to hurt himself. Prevention steps were put in place, but during a breach within the D-Class wing, the guard supposed to look over D-2912 was recruited to help recontain the escaped D-Class and, in the meantime, D-2912 had hung himself from the door handle using his bed sheets.

Conclusion: D-2912, after his breakdown, began to insist that the app was 'talking to him', despite no audio being recorded. He stated that the app started providing unhelpful advice towards the end of the second week, giving options such as '"Go outside and smell the flowers"', '"Hug a family member"', '"Remember to smile!"', '"Kill a cat"'3. D-2912 recorded this advice in a journal provided to him, as, whenever a researcher touched the phone, the app seemed to revert back to its normal state. D-2912 was seen as the closest example of those who would download SCP-3149-1 due to his mental health history, and it is felt he was pushed to committing suicide quicker than he would have done naturally, as he hadn't attempted suicide once in containment until after the testing.

Due to the most recent result from the testing, the Ethics Committee must be contacted prior to any testing, with a profile of the subject provided, as well as a detailed plan for monitoring post-testing.

I have been trying hard. I have been reaching out. It's hard to leave the flat most days. Or answer the door, even if I know it's you. I know you want to help. But I still feel ambiguous - I don't care if I live or die, and living's getting hard, so…

I can only conclude the times of me trying are over. I'm very tired. I'm very lonely. When she started speaking to me, it made me hopeful. But then her words were full of poison and hurt me deeper than even I could hurt myself.

Did you see that woman smiling? I did.

She told me I too could be happy. I too could be smiling. I would be painted on walls, I would be a popular person, people would care about me.

But then she started telling me to do things I couldn't do, and she knew I couldn't do. She kept trying to push me and it offered no helpful advice anymore. "Visit friends", "Find something to smile at", "Go to your safe space", "Smile," "Eat an apple", "Just do it, smile", "Go".

You tried. I tried. …She tried. But I think I know now what I have to do. Keep smiling.

I love you.

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Concept Work for Next Tale

To be updated.

Quotes to Use in Tales

It was raining, but there was something beautiful about the sky, Kit felt, as he stood with his arms out, his chest bare.

The people who saw the sutures blanched or blushed and looked away, suddenly aware they were trespassing on something painfully private.

“We should close the window,”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t want to jump out of it.”

He sketched the ghosts of trees for a bit, and thought about memories.
He tried to capture the ethereal feel of the light, and thought about changes.
He drew leaves on trees that didn’t have them, and thought about the future.
He blocked in shadows as deep as the night, and thought about the past.

At the start of the Tale, it is implied he has a 'perfect' and stable life, especially in comparison to Kit, but as him and Kit part, he sees something unusual; possible link to another scip, possibly not.

For every Tale -

7kms needs to be mentioned (importance of the number 7; that distance having been mentioned in all Tales so far).